Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

US Attorney General designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla hopes President-elect Donald Trump will 'do the right thing' and support fire recovery efforts with no strings attached.

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Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and ...

US Attorney General designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President ...

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

In a tense exchange, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California and Pam Bondi sparred over whether her personal political beliefs would affect decisions on pardons in January 6, 2021, cases and the preservation of evidence from the special counsel investigations into Donald Trump.

Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, both Democrats, get a chance to question some of them during committee confirmation hearings. The Senate will hold hearings this week on 12 nominees.

Calif., questioned Doug Burgum about requests from states for federal disaster relief and if providing that relief should come "with or without conditions."

Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh is in Washington DC for the annual United States Conference of Mayors. Goh and other U.S. mayors are in the capital to meet with federal officials and members of Congress on “the most pressing issues of the day.